The Art of Bookbinding: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of Bookbinding, credited to Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf. Read in English by Amelia Chesley; Maria Kasper; Melvin Lee. This handbook explains the art of bookbinding and simultaneously reminds us what a complex technology is to make books! Zaehnsdorf, bookbinder and son of a bookbinder, made this second edition of his book to enlighten amateurs and tradesmen alike. The whole process of binding a book and the required equipment are carefully explained to the reader. Summary by kathrinee

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of Bookbinding
• Author credits: Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 6:04:29

Catalogue topics

• bookbinding

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Preface to the Second Edition and Introduction — 13:05
2. 01 - Folding — 10:25
3. 02 - Beating and Rolling — 6:22
4. 03 - Collating — 12:49
5. 04 - Marking Up and Sawing In — 6:58
6. 05 - Sewing — 16:34
7. 06 - Forwarding and Pasting Up — 8:43
8. 07 - Putting on the End Papers and Trimming — 11:58
9. 08 - Glueing Up, Rounding, and Backing — 10:02
10. 09 - Mill-Boards — 14:13
11. 10 - Drawing-In and Pressing, and Cutting — 15:31
12. 11 - Colouring the Edges — 21:01
13. 12 - Gilt Edges — 12:19
14. 13 - Head-Banding — 8:18
15. 14 - Preparing for Covering — 6:58
16. 15 - Covering — 14:07
17. 16 - Pasting Down — 7:31
18. 17 - Calf Colouring — 20:05
19. 18 - Finishing, Part 1 — 17:26
20. 19 - Finishing, Part 2 — 20:49
21. 20 - Finishing, Part 3 — 22:44
22. 21 - Finishing, Part 4 — 23:04
23. 22 - Washing and Cleaning, Part 1 — 18:45
24. 23 - Washing and Cleaning, Part 2 — 20:38

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